Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Messaging and ESB

getDate function

Returns a date value with no time or time zone information.

Syntax

FUNCTION getDate RETURNS DATE (itemName AS CHARACTER).

Applies to

Message objects

Notes

Time information, if present, is removed.
Time zone information, if present, is removed.
If the application might receive messages originating in different time zones, the 4GL programmer should ensure that date/time values are interpreted correctly.

See also

createMapMessage procedure, setBoolean procedure, setByte procedure, setBytesFromRaw procedure, setChar procedure, setDate procedure, setDateTime procedure, setDateTime-TZ procedure, setDouble procedure, setFloat procedure, setInt procedure, setLong procedure, setLongString procedure, setShort procedure, setString procedure, getMapNames function, getItemType function, getBytesToRaw function, getChar function, getDate function, getDateTime function, getDateTime-TZ function, getDecimal function, getInt function, getLogical function, getLongString function, getLongStringCP function

For more information, see the "MapMessage" section.